Convertible chair



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

' H. ORCHARD.

CONVERTIBLE-CHAIR.

Patented Jan. 20,1891.

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(No Model.)

Patented Jan. 20. 1891.

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* UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

HENRY ORCHARD, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

CONVERTIBLE CHAER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.4144,845, dated January 20, 1891.

Application filed August 7, 1889. Serial No. 320,066- (hlo model.)

To 60% whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY ORCHARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Convertible Chairs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will en able others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

I This invention relates to convertible rocklng-chairs; and it consistsin certain improvements in the construction of the same, as hereinafler described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side view of a rocking-chair provided with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a side view illustrating the operation of converting the rocking-chair into a childs high chair. Figs. 3 and 4 show certain details of a device for locking certain parts of the chair together. Fig. 5 represents the device adjusted as a childs high chair. Fig. 6 isa perspective view of the high chair with the seat unlocked and pushed forward.

Referring to Fig. 1, A designates the seat of the chair, to which are secured a back B and arms 0. A step or foot-rest D is con nee-ted by straps or rods a with the seat, as shown. The fore legs Z) are also rigidly fastened to the seat, and are pivoted at their lower extremities to the rockers E.

F indicates two standards, which are located at the back of the rocking-chair, and are connected near their tops by a cross-bar When adjusted as shown in Fig. 1, the standards F extend up along the back B with their lower ends resting on the rockers. Two long braces G are pivoted at their upper extremities to the upper parts of said standards, and are pivoted at their lower ends to the rockers, as shown. Two other braces H are pivotally connected with the forward extremities of the rockers E, and are connected in like manner with the stand ards F at a point where the rear part of the seat of the rocking-chair is supported. At the point of their connection with the standards F the braces H are connected by a crossbar 0, which is rigidly attached to said braces. (See Fig. 5.) The rockers E are connected and braced by cross-pieces f.

I indicates a catch which is formed with a beveled point and fastened to the lower side of the seat A. A spring-bolt g is mounted on the cross-bard of the standards F in position to connect with the catch I when the seat rests on said bar (Z, as hereinafter stated. The spring-bolt being beveled at its point, as shown, is sunk in the bar cl and is provided with a knob c for withdrawing it. A guard formed of an angle-plate his provided forthe bolt and its springz' and is fastened to the bar cl. A stud or projection m is fixed to the bar cl in position to enter an aperture n in the seat A when the latter closes on said bar. (See Fig. A strip or cleat 0, which is beveled at its lower edge, is fastened to the lower side of the seat at its rear edge and serves as a guide for the seat in its adjustment to said bar (I. As the seat closes 011 the bar, the beveled surface of the cleat bears against the edge of the bar. (See Fig. 3.) The beveled point of the catch I bears against the beveled point of the spring-bolt and the latter ispushed back, but is sent forward by its spring when the catch has passed and the parts are locked. The projection m, which enters the aperture to in the seat, prevents any sliding movement of the latter. The cleat 0 is notched at p to avoid contact with the knob e, and the rear corners of the seat are cutaway atr to receive the tops of the standards F when the seat rests on the bar cl.

When the device is adjusted for a rockingchair, as seen in Fig. l, the rear part of the seat A is supported by the cross-bar c of the pivoted braces H, a projection s on said crossbar extending into the aperture 01 in the seat,

and said braces II extending forward and downward to the forward ends of the rockers.

When the device is adj usted as a high chair, the seat is raised from tlfe bar 0, the rockers are swung forward, and the seat placed with its rear resting on the bar cl of the standards F, being locked to said bar by the springbolt and catch I. The rockersEbecome parts of the front supports of the chair, and the pivoted braces G and II are in positions as shown in Fig. 5.

I claim 1. In a convertible chair, the combination, with a seat provided with a back and two fore legs fixed to said seat, of two rockers pivotally connected at their forward ends with said fore legs, two rear standards F, provided with a cross-bar d, braces G, pivotally connected with said rockers near their rear ends and with standards F near their upper extremities, braces H, provided with crossbar c and pivotally connected with said rockers and with standards F, and devices for connecting said bars 0 and d severally with said seat, the parts being so constructed and connected that they may be adjusted either with the seat resting on the cross-bar c or on the cross-bar d, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. The chairseat provided with the catch 1, beveled cleat 0, and aperture n, in combination with the rear standards provided with cross-bar (1, provided with projection m, and a spring-bolt g, which is mounted in bar (I in position to connect with catch I, substantially as set forth and described.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HENRY ORCHARD. Witnesses:

L. M. THURLOW', A. KEITHLEY. 

